Tag Archives: fruit

Pavlova

Posted on September 14, 2012 by scarpettakate

An enterprising hotel chef in 1920s New Zealand was the first to whip up a Pavlova, a culinary tribute to visiting ballerina Anna Pavlova’s ethereal, wispy beauty. They’re a perennial favorite of those lush islands, and in Australia, too, where … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged dessert, do ahead, easy, egg whites, fruit, meringue, simple, summer | 7 Comments

Sangria Shrub

Posted on July 13, 2012 by scarpettakate

I’ve always liked the idea of sangria. It’s festive and pretty and if I’m having a glass, it usually means it’s warm outside and/or there are Spanish nibbles in arm’s reach, all of which I’m very fond. The unfortunate reality? … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged beverage, drink, fruit, mocktail, non-alcoholic, party, pitcher, sangria, shrub, Spanish, summer, switchel, vinegar, virgin, virgin sangria | 4 Comments

Peach-Blackberry Cobbler

Posted on June 22, 2012 by scarpettakate

For the rest of the country, summer means sticky heat waves and swimming pools, lightning bugs and sunburn cream. We San Franciscans have a slightly different way of looking at summer, bundled up against our “June gloom” as the marine … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged baked, berry, biscuit, brunch, cobbler, dessert, fruit, old-fashioned, pandowdy, peach, simple, stonefruit, summer | 10 Comments

Panforte di Siena

Posted on December 9, 2011 by scarpettakate

Panforte di Siena is a specialty of that Tuscan town, a chewy-gooey confection that tastes like Christmas even if you’ve never set foot in Italy: sweet spices and honey, candied citrus, dried fruits, almonds and hazelnuts. On the books as … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged cake, candy, Christmas, confection, dessert, dried fruit, edible gifts, fruit, holiday, homemade, italian, Italian Christmas cake, nuts, traditional, Tuscan | 4 Comments

Plum Walnut Cake

Posted on September 9, 2011 by scarpettakate

This is a quiet little cake, a simple one-layer affair with a buttery, coarse-grained crumb from almond meal and walnuts, moistened with tart-sweet plums. It comes from one of my favorite cookbooks, Kitchen Diaries, a year-in-the-life chronicle of an affable … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged baked, baking, cake, dessert, early fall, fruit, plums, simple, summer, walnuts | 10 Comments

Fresh Fig Tart

Posted on August 13, 2011 by scarpettakate

Figs first arrived in California by way of the Mediterranean, cultivated by Franciscan missionaries along the Camino Real (“Royal Road”, in Spanish), a 600-mile thoroughfare that linked the missions, pueblos and presidios. These days, El Camino Real bears more Silicon … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged almonds, baked, baking, Black Mission, dessert, dough, fall, figs, fresh, fresh figs, fruit, italian, pasta frolla, pie, simple, summer, tart | 12 Comments

Raspberry-Apricot Shrub

Posted on July 6, 2011 by scarpettakate

Shrubs (from the Arabic word shurb, or “beverage”) and switchels have been around since colonial times in this country, but really took off in the 18th and 19th centuries as a popular temperance beverage spiked with vinegar rather than alcohol. … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged baby shower, beverage, brunch, cocktail, drink, fruit, mocktail, NA, non-alcoholic, puree, shrub, switchel, vinegar | 4 Comments

Berry Cobbler

Posted on July 2, 2011 by scarpettakate

For something like 40 years, my grandparents hosted a neighborhood barbecue on the Fourth of July. The party was a multi-generational affair, with gangs of little kids running around, and my father or an uncle manning the grill. There’d be … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged American, baked, baked fruit dessert, baking, berries, blackberries, blueberries, classic, cobbler, dessert, Fourth of July, fruit, raspberries, summer | 11 Comments

Sweet Cherry Tart

Posted on May 25, 2011 by scarpettakate

Nothing beats a bowl of fresh-picked cherries all on their own, but I’ll put this tart solidly in second place. With its crisp, cookie-like almond crust and jammy fruit filling, it’s an unfussy dessert that tastes simply of sweet cherries … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged almond, baked, baking, cherry, dessert, fruit, simple, spring, summer, tart | 8 Comments

Strawberry-Banana Smoothie

Posted on April 20, 2011 by scarpettakate

There’s something very 80s about the smoothie. (I’m willing to wager that Jane Fonda knocked back a few of the frosty drinks in her Lycra and legwarmer days.) In my young 80s-saturated mind, every low-fat-crazed Californian got from one place … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged banana, beverage, breakfast, brunch, drink, flax seed, fresh, fruit, smoothie, strawberry, vegetarian, yogurt | 11 Comments